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To: ild who wrote (48462)	12/30/2005 1:10:32 PM
From: Ramsey Su	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

census.gov

To: ild who wrote (48462)	12/30/2005 5:50:35 PM
From: Kailash	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

By country census.gov Countries and products details census.gov Advanced technology YTD October 2005 figures census.gov (Trade deficits in ATP started in 2002) Obscure Economic Indicator: Port of Los Angeles container counts (lots of used paper gets shipped this way) slate.com slate.com (graph of empty vs full) US trade with the rest of the world has of course increased dramatically as our trading partners became better off. But their imports to us have risen faster and are now far higher. We now run deficits with rich and poor alike. census.gov Main trading parters outside of North America (we run deficits with Mexico and Canada too, cf. census.gov "The goods deficit with China increased from $20.1 billion in September to $20.5 billion in October. Exports increased $0.7 billion (primarily soybeans and civilian aircraft) to $3.9 billion, while imports increased $1.1 billion (primarily TV’s and VCR’s; toys, games, and sporting goods; and computers) to $24.4 billion." Poor customers, big deficit. Aircraft remain a huge export; even to the Europeans, we export nearly twice as much as we import. But it's a lone bird in a vast landscape. "The goods deficit with the European Union increased from $10.1 billion in September to $12.1 billion in October. Exports increased $1.2 billion (primarily civilian aircraft, nuts, and agricultural farming products) to $16.0 billion, while imports increased $3.2 billion (primarily passenger cars; petroleum products; pharmaceutical preparations; and artwork, antiques, and stamps) to $28.1 billion." Wealthy customers, big deficit. "The goods deficit with Japan increased from $6.4 billion in September to $7.4 billion in October. Exports increased $0.4 billion (primarily civilian aircraft) to $4.9 billion, while imports increased $1.4 billion (primarily automotive vehicles, parts, and engines; and other industrial machines) to $12.2 billion." Wealthy customers, big deficit. These do not look like sustainable trading practices, unless there are vast figures not picked up by the statisticians (as "dark matter" theories have recently suggested). We do run a trade surplus with some countries -- Holland, for some odd reason, tops the list -- but the numbers are modest: census.gov And they are not growing -- our trade surplus with the Netherlands has remained around this level for the past 15 years. The overall deficit, on the other hand, is still growing. At some point, we won't be able to borrow the money to pay for it. Happy New Year!

To: ild who wrote (48462)	1/1/2006 7:04:30 PM
From: GraceZ	Respond to of 110194

Grace, do you by any chance have a link about what exactly the US exports? You can plug in any year into this and then scroll down to the bottom where they break it out in a list by product classes. tse.export.gov This is for the whole world/2004: Total 817,935,849 84--NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY ETC.; PARTS 149,068,073 85--ELECTRIC MACHINERY ETC; SOUND EQUIP; TV EQUIP; PTS 124,803,540 87--VEHICLES, EXCEPT RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY, AND PARTS ETC 73,308,998 90--OPTIC, PHOTO ETC, MEDIC OR SURGICAL INSTRMENTS ETC 51,160,176 88--AIRCRAFT, SPACECRAFT, AND PARTS THEREOF 42,122,384 39--PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF 33,705,055 29--ORGANIC CHEMICALS 30,367,713 98--SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION PROVISIONS, NESOI 24,644,628 30--PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS 19,506,790 27--MINERAL FUEL, OIL ETC.; BITUMIN SUBST; MINERAL WAX 18,954,856 71--NAT ETC PEARLS, PREC ETC STONES, PR MET ETC; COIN 18,092,726 10--CEREALS 13,136,432 38--MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS 12,553,018 48--PAPER & PAPERBOARD & ARTICLES (INC PAPR PULP ARTL) 11,482,739 73--ARTICLES OF IRON OR STEEL 9,419,097 72--IRON AND STEEL 8,917,444 12--OIL SEEDS ETC.; MISC GRAIN, SEED, FRUIT, PLANT ETC 8,682,108 40--RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF 7,600,858 28--INORG CHEM; PREC & RARE-EARTH MET & RADIOACT COMPD 6,846,871 52--COTTON, INCLUDING YARN AND WOVEN FABRIC THEREOF 6,371,180 94--FURNITURE; BEDDING ETC; LAMPS NESOI ETC; PREFAB BD 6,255,272 76--ALUMINUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF 5,977,893 44--WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL 5,867,086 33--ESSENTIAL OILS ETC; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC ETC PREPS 5,516,433 08--EDIBLE FRUIT & NUTS; CITRUS FRUIT OR MELON PEEL 5,368,753 02--MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL 4,771,190 32--TANNING & DYE EXT ETC; DYE, PAINT, PUTTY ETC; INKS 4,756,548 49--PRINTED BOOKS, NEWSPAPERS ETC; MANUSCRIPTS ETC 4,667,938 47--WOOD PULP ETC; RECOVD (WASTE & SCRAP) PPR & PPRBD 4,621,798 95--TOYS, GAMES & SPORT EQUIPMENT; PARTS & ACCESSORIES 4,225,899 70--GLASS AND GLASSWARE 3,879,154 97--WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES AND ANTIQUES 3,514,577 23--FOOD INDUSTRY RESIDUES & WASTE; PREP ANIMAL FEED 3,473,421 74--COPPER AND ARTICLES THEREOF 3,435,914 21--MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS 3,428,131 03--FISH, CRUSTACEANS & AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES 3,307,478 83--MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF BASE METAL 3,258,373 34--SOAP ETC; WAXES, POLISH ETC; CANDLES; DENTAL PREPS 3,231,441 82--TOOLS, CUTLERY ETC. OF BASE METAL & PARTS THEREOF 3,201,629 37--PHOTOGRAPHIC OR CINEMATOGRAPHIC GOODS 2,889,897 31--FERTILIZERS 2,846,078 41--RAW HIDES AND SKINS (NO FURSKINS) AND LEATHER 2,785,891 61--APPAREL ARTICLES AND ACCESSORIES, KNIT OR CROCHET 2,698,879 24--TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES 2,654,865 93--ARMS AND AMMUNITION; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF 2,309,864 22--BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR 2,258,501 20--PREP VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PLANT PARTS 2,202,464 07--EDIBLE VEGETABLES & CERTAIN ROOTS & TUBERS 2,151,307 15--ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS, OILS ETC. & WAXES 2,023,416 62--APPAREL ARTICLES AND ACCESSORIES, NOT KNIT ETC. 1,877,031 54--MANMADE FILAMENTS, INCLUDING YARNS & WOVEN FABRICS 1,866,493 26--ORES, SLAG AND ASH 1,790,251 89--SHIPS, BOATS AND FLOATING STRUCTURES 1,784,073 86--RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY STOCK ETC; TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIP 1,762,987 19--PREP CEREAL, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; BAKERS WARES 1,758,481 55--MANMADE STAPLE FIBERS, INCL YARNS & WOVEN FABRICS 1,719,271 25--SALT; SULFUR; EARTH & STONE; LIME & CEMENT PLASTER 1,677,795 68--ART OF STONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA ETC. 1,659,470 60--KNITTED OR CROCHETED FABRICS 1,658,579 35--ALBUMINOIDAL SUBST; MODIFIED STARCH; GLUE; ENZYMES 1,653,820 59--IMPREGNATED ETC TEXT FABRICS; TEX ART FOR INDUSTRY 1,462,902 56--WADDING, FELT ETC; SP YARN; TWINE, ROPES ETC. 1,430,737 81--BASE METALS NESOI; CERMETS; ARTICLES THEREOF 1,325,320 04--DAIRY PRODS; BIRDS EGGS; HONEY; ED ANIMAL PR NESOI 1,181,479 96--MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES 1,179,260 63--TEXTILE ART NESOI; NEEDLECRAFT SETS; WORN TEXT ART 1,052,147 69--CERAMIC PRODUCTS 982,572 16--EDIBLE PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, FISH, CRUSTACEANS ETC 931,432 58--SPEC WOV FABRICS; TUFTED FAB; LACE; TAPESTRIES ETC 844,956 42--LEATHER ART; SADDLERY ETC; HANDBAGS ETC; GUT ART 819,736 57--CARPETS AND OTHER TEXTILE FLOOR COVERINGS 806,862 18--COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS 790,877 17--SUGARS AND SUGAR CONFECTIONARY 733,966 75--NICKEL AND ARTICLES THEREOF 725,392 11--MILLING PRODUCTS; MALT; STARCH; INULIN; WHT GLUTEN 685,244 64--FOOTWEAR, GAITERS ETC. AND PARTS THEREOF 650,867 05--PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NESOI 565,973 91--CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND PARTS THEREOF 557,827 92--MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF 532,967 01--LIVE ANIMALS 518,768 36--EXPLOSIVES; PYROTECHNICS; MATCHES; PYRO ALLOYS ETC 494,190 09--COFFEE, TEA, MATE & SPICES 458,086 13--LAC; GUMS, RESINS & OTHER VEGETABLE SAP & EXTRACT 326,753 06--LIVE TREES, PLANTS, BULBS ETC.; CUT FLOWERS ETC. 312,344 43--FURSKINS AND ARTIFICIAL FUR; MANUFACTURES THEREOF 215,408 79--ZINC AND ARTICLES THEREOF 154,705 65--HEADGEAR AND PARTS THEREOF 128,351 78--LEAD AND ARTICLES THEREOF 109,426 51--WOOL & ANIMAL HAIR, INCLUDING YARN & WOVEN FABRIC 108,348 80--TIN AND ARTICLES THEREOF 85,959 67--PREP FEATHERS, DOWN ETC; ARTIF FLOWERS; H HAIR ART 52,794 45--CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK 45,143 14--VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS & PRODUCTS NESOI 37,146 50--SILK, INCLUDING YARNS AND WOVEN FABRIC THEREOF 29,843 53--VEG TEXT FIB NESOI; VEG FIB & PAPER YNS & WOV FAB 27,408 46--MFR OF STRAW, ESPARTO ETC.; BASKETWARE & WICKERWRK 25,604 66--UMBRELLAS, WALKING-STICKS, RIDING-CROPS ETC, PARTS 12,031 Presented by the Office of Trade and Industry Information (OTII), Manufacturing and Services, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. 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